Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, April 19, 2003 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Use of solar energy more in rural Bengal: Census THERE are 49,112 households in West Bengal that rely on solar energy as their source of light as against the more conventional sources such as kerosene or electricity. This has been revealed in the 2001 Census of India (West Bengal series). The ... More ANTI-DUMPING Dumping duty on graphite electrodes may go DOMESTIC manufacturers' of graphite electrodes are likely to feel the heat of the latest decision of the Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry, which has recommended the discontinuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of such electrodes ... More ECONOMY Industrial recovery hinges on revival of investment: Study THE National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has said that further consolidation of current turnaround in Indian industry would depend much on the duration of Iraq war and revival of investment activity in the economy. In its ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS FOREIGN TRADE `Japan wary of doing business in India' WHILE CEOs of several American and European Fortune 500 companies feel comfortable doing business with India, after over a decade of economic reforms, Japanese businesses still continue to have apprehensions. According to a Federation of ... More HEALTH SARS adding to biz woes WITH India reporting its first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) case, the disease's possible impact on business will be a major concern for business leaders in the country. So, it's not surprising that the SARS outbreak is weighing ... More PSU APSTC to auction Myanmar teak THE Andhra Pradesh State Trading Corporation (APSTC) is for the first time importing teak from Myanmar and planning to sell it to the public at cheaper rates. The first consignment of teak from Myanmar arrived on Friday and the unloading would ... More POWER Delhi to get more power AS the National Capital enters it first summer with privatised electricity distribution, the Power Secretary, Mr R.V. Shahi, on Friday said that Delhi would get 3,800 MW of power, "comfortably higher" than its requirement of 3,600 MW during the ... More TAXATION `States can publish VAT draft' STATE Governments can go ahead and publish their draft rules on value-added tax (VAT) even though their respective VAT legislations may not have received the assent of the President, a top Finance Ministry official said. "The publication of ... More WATER Water — pay the attention it demands The year 2003 should be the starting point of stirring a debate on water-related issues just like 1991 became the starting point of a debate on economic policies, Mr Suresh Prabhu, Chairman of the Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers, said here ... More
CARS Executive, mid-size car sales move in top gear BUOYED by new launches towards the end of the year, the mid-size and executive segments of passenger cars registered maximum growth during the last fiscal. Sales for the mid-size segment zoomed in the latter half of the year with the launch of ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION `Construction sector must focus on rain harvesting' AN aspect of the construction industry is that the political class as also the industry have the same priority; both want more buildings to come up. This makes the construction sector an industry that only has an upside and no downside. Mr ... More READYMADE GARMENTS Kinfra apparel park taking off DESPITE a slow start, the apparel park run by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) at Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram is slowly "taking off". Dr G.C. Gopala Pillai, Managing Director, Kinfra, told ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Vision Group to focus on developing bio-education The group's recommendations are expected to enable the Government and the academic bodies address the demands of the biotech sector. More
Plea to provide seed corpus for biotech start-ups in Karnataka DISINVESTMENT CCD dangles sops for ITDC jt ventures If the States want to take over the joint venture properties, it will be handed over to them after determining the value as is done in the case of other ITDC properties for determining the reserve price. More WTO Turf protected; small CA firms can breathe easy SMALL and medium - sized firms of chartered accountants have cause for cheer. Their concern over losing turf in the accounting services space to large foreign players in the coming years has reached the ears of the Government. India has now ... More
India to submit `offers' on services sector by May HUMAN RESOURCES Amnesty seekers in UAE rushing to avoid penalties A LARGE number of illegal Indian workers in the UAE have been filing applications for emergency certificates (ECs) over the past couple of weeks, as the April 30 deadline of the general amnesty for illegal expatriates offered by the UAE ... More
FICCI upset with Saudi plan to replace foreign workers TOURISM Indian tourists prefer Sri Lanka, Europe to US, Far East Industry sources said that people were booked for Europe, which still continued to be a favoured location. In wake of SARS scare, wanderlust Indians have decided to adopt wait-and-watch attitude as far as travelling to the Far East is concerned. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Run-up to Budget Kelkar Report Bottled water: How safe is it? Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma Housing Fin. rate war: Bonanza for consumers! NPAs in Banking Truckers' Strike In Depth Simple Economics Consumer Notes Tax Talk The Brahmananda collections NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Gold: Still the winner? Cars: Always a beauty Railway Budget Budget 2003-04 Books and Reviews Looking back Apr. 6-Apr. 12 Traditional items push exports up 20% in April-Dec VAT legislations — `States must stick to revenue neutral rate' Potable water quality in Delhi not up to standards: FICCI Crude import bill up Rs 6,000 cr VAT's simpler: ST staff body Gold goes off `green channel' Silent revolution under way in TN villages We're going out... they aren't coming in CAS likely to hurt content providers Who will bell the `surrogate' cat? Pickled bananas turn hot business IT cos losing charm in campus recruitment Bill makes smoking a pipe-dream VAT on sugar, textile, tobacco items — Centre urged to review need for additional excise duty 8 per cent growth target realisable, says India Inc — `Manufacturing, core sectors hold key' MAIT urges excise duty cut to boost PC sales |
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